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Shredders, a new skate park on sucks.” According to them, the people
110th and Q Streets, put a new dimen­ who harass skaters don’t know that
sion into skateboardingfor some Ralston skating is a competitive sport, how
High School skaters. much coordination it takes, and how
David Overman, a Shredders em­ much fun it can be. On the other
ployee, said Shredders is a place for hand, Hirsh said, “skate harassment
kids to skate in the wintertime. Fresh­ is OK,” because there are some skat­
man skater Todd Hirsh said he thinks ers who do vandalize and destroy
Shredders is great because ramp skat­ property and citizens have a right to
ing is all he does and there aren’t that punish those skaters.
many good ramps around. Junior skater Schuttler said, “One time some
Vance Hagedom agreed with Hirsh friends of mine and I were skating a
saying that he liked Shredders because wall in a shopping mall parking Tot
it gave him something to do after school on a slow day and we were putting
instead of sitting home and watching marks on the wall with our wheels.
T.V. So, during this time this old lady
Overman said that skate harass­ came out and started yelling at us
ment is a big issue with skaters today about how we were going to have to
and that at Shredders no one gets har­ pay for the repainting of the wall.
assed because everyone there skates. The lady asked for our names and we
Junior skater, Troy Schuttler, Fresh­ gave her false ones, and said how
man skater Brian Chase and Hagedom sorry we were about marking up the
all agreed that, “skate harassment wall.”

KYLE MAREK
BRAD MARR
SHEILA MCCALLAN
KELLY MCCAW
CHAD MCFARLAND

JULIE MCWILLIAMS
MELANIE MERRIMAN
MEGAN MERTINS
JOHNMETZLER
JASON MEYER

TIM MICHAELSON
GARY MILLER
SUZANNE MILLER
JEFFERY MUNDT
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MICHAEL MUSSELMAN
SHAWN NEBE
DANNY NELSON
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KENNETH OCHSNER
DEREK ORDWAY
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